noun · femininethird declension
seges
seges f (genitive segetis)
Classical[ˈsɛ.ɡɛs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.d͡ʒes]
Meaning
- femininea field sown or planted with wheat, oats, or barley
- broadlyfemininea field of standing or growing wheat, oats, or barley, etc.; a crop
Nec vērō segetibus sōlum et prātīs et vīneīs et arbustīs rēs rūsticae laetae sunt, sed hortīs etiam et pōmāriīs, tum pecudum pāstū, apium exāminibus, flōrum omnium varietāte.
Indeed, the joys of country life are not [found] solely in grain fields, meadows, vineyards, and plantations, but also in gardens and orchards; [they are found] in the grazing of cattle, the swarms of bees, and every variety of flowers.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.54 - broadlyfemininea field, ground, soil; arable land
- femininefigurativelya crop, fruit, produce, result, profit
- femininefigurativelya thicket, forest, multitude
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ager frūmentīseges -etis (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 13, 19
frūmentum in agrōseges -etis (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 7
ager frūmentī plēnusseges -etis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 21
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | seges | segetēs |
| genitive | segetis | segetum |
| dative | segetī | segetibus |
| accusative | segetem | segetēs |
| ablative | segete | segetibus |
| vocative | seges | segetēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- laetae segetes
- the laughing cornfields.
sĕgĕs, ĕtis, f. etym. dub.; perh. root sag-, to fill, feed; Gr. σάττω; Lat. sagmen, q. v.,
I. a cornfield.
I. Lit. (freq. and class.):
partem dimidiam (stercoris) in segetem, ubi pabulum seras, invehito, Cato, R. R. 29; cf. id. ib. 36: segetes subigere aratris, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 395, 15; Cato, R. R. 37; 155; 5, 4 (v. defrugo); id. Fragm. ap. Gell. 13, 17, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 5; 1, 29, 1; 1, 50, 1 sq.; 1, 69, 1; 2, 7, 11 al.; Lucil., Att., and Varr. ap. Non. 395, 24 sq.; Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13; 1, 28, 69: segetes secundae et uberes, Cic. Or. 15, 48; id. Sen. 15, 54, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 8, § 20: cohortes frumentatum in proximas segetes misit, Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 2; Tib. 1, 3, 61; Verg. G. 1, 47 Heyne; 2, 267; 4, 129: segetes occat tibi mox frumenta daturas, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 161; id. C. 1, 31, 4; Col. 2, 14, 2 et saep.— Comically: stimulorum seges, a cudgelfield, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6.—B. Transf., the standing corn, growing corn, crop in a field (class., but not freq. till after the Aug. per.:
est eorum (rusticorum) gemmare vitis, laetas esse segetes, etc., Cic. Or. 24, 81; id. de Or. 3, 38, 155, is cited, merely by way of example, as used by the rustici; syn. messis): seges grandissima atque optima, Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 1: culto stat seges alta solo, Ov. A. A. 3, 102: seges prope jam matura, Caes. B. C. 3, 81 fin. (cf. infra, Liv. 2, 5): antequam seges in articulum eat, Col. 2, 12, 9: uligo segetem enecat, id. 2, 9, 9: et segetis canae stantes percurrere aristas, Ov. M. 10, 655: producit fruges et segetem imbecillem, Sen. Q. N. 2, 6, 6; id. Ben. 6, 4, 4.—Plur.: segetes Collibus et campis habere, Lucr. 5, 1371: quid faciat laetas segetes, Verg. G. 1, 1: adultae segetes, Col. 2, 9, 10: segetes laetas excitare, id. 2, 15, 4: laetas segetes afferre, id. 2, 17, 3.—With gen.: seges farris matura messi, Liv. 2, 5: lini et avenae, Verg. G. 1, 77: leguminum, Col. 2, 13, 3.—Poet., of men springing up out of the ground: crescit seges clipeata virorum, Ov. M. 3, 110; 7, 30; id. H. 12, 59 al.—Of a multitude of things crowded together, a crop, etc.: confixum ferrea texit Telorum seges, Verg. A. 3, 46; cf. id. ib. 7, 526, and 12, 663; so, ferri, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 391; cf.: Mavortia ferri, id. III. Cons. Hon. 135: hystricis, Aus. Idyll. 2 (Claud. Hystr. 12): aëna (hydraulici organi), Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 316: seges osculationis, Cat. 48, 6.—II. Trop.
A. (Acc. to I. A.) A field, ground, soil (rare but class.): quod beneficium haud sterili in segete, rex, te obsesse intellegis, Att. ap. Non. 395, 27:
fert casiam non culta seges, Tib. 1, 3, 61: ubi prima paretur Arboribus seges, Verg. G. 2, 267: quid odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiem suae gloriae? Cic. Mil. 13, 35; cf.: videtur esse criminum seges, maledictorum materia, Arn. 5, 172.— B. (Acc. to I. B.) A crop, fruit, produce, result, profit (poet. and very rare):
fertile pectus habes, interque Helicona colentes Uberius nulli provenit ista seges, Ov. P. 4, 2, 12: quae inde seges, Juv. 7, 103: inde seges scelerum, Prud. Ham. 258.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
seges etis, f
a cornfield: in segetem sunt datae fruges: segetes fecundae: cohortes frumentatum in proximas segetes mittit, Cs.: Illa seges votis respondet avari, quae, etc., V.—The standing corn, growing corn, crop: laetas esse segetes, etc.: culto stat seges alta solo, O.: Quid faciat laetas segetes, V.: seges farris matura messi, L.: lini et avenae, V.—A crop, thicket, forest, multitude: clipeata virorum, O.: ferrea Telorum, V.—Fig., a field, ground, soil: ubi prima paretur Arboribus seges, V.: quid odisset Clodium Milo segetem ac materiem suae gloriae?—A crop, fruit, produce, result, profit: Uberius nulli provenit ista seges, O.: Quae tamen inde seges, Iu.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *seg- (“to attach, to touch”). Compare Proto-Germanic *sankilaz (“lace, tie”), Proto-Slavic *sęgati (“to reach”) and Sanskrit सजति (sájati, “to cling to”).
Insular Romance
- Sardiniansede
- Sardinianseda
- Sardiniansee
Italo-Romance
- Italiansegeta